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Happy Halloween! And Look! Ginger-Skeletons

Happy Halloween from all of us here at The Kitchn. And look at this - gingerbread skeletons! There have been a few versions of these around the web lately (so clever!) but these are our favorite. Mayb...

Fried Chicken Wars and Vegan Candy Corn
Delicious links for 10.01.08

Yesterday we linked to a discussion on the various merits and earth-friendliness (or not) of waste disposals. But what if you already have one and you want to keep it clean naturally? Here's a good so...

Recipe: Earl Grey Tea Cookies

The weather changed ever so slightly this week; there's a briskness and nip to the air that even in the sunshine leads our thoughts to tea. A hot cup of tea is an essential cold-weather ritual for man...

Blueberry Brie Tart Ice Cream
Best Lick! 2008 Ice Cream Contest Entry #5

Original Ice Cream Flavor: Blueberry Brie Tart Ice Cream Ice Cream Chef: Julie What inspired this recipe? A combination of summer blueberries, a blueberry yogurt tart I enjoy making and eating, and ...

Recipe Follow-Up: Final Thoughts on the NY Times Chocolate Chip Cookie?

Ok, folks, a few weeks have passed and the frenzy over the New York Times Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie has died down to a gentle murmur. We thought this would be a good moment to check in: what's yo...

NY Times Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie: Changes and Substitutions from the Kitchn

We got so caught up this morning in talking about how these cookies tasted that we didn't get a chance to share our notes from actually making them. We'll be honest: there were a few aspects of David...

NY Times Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie: What's Your Verdict?

Did anyone brave the heat this weekend and make the NY Times chocolate chip cookies? Here in Boston, we couldn't bring ourselves to turn on the oven until Sunday when it finally "cooled off" to the l...

Blogging the NY Times: The Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie

Leave it to the New York Times to take on the grand-daddy of all classic cookies and have the audacity to call it "perfect"! But from what we're hearing around the blogosphere, "perfect" pretty well s...

Recipe: Coconut Jam and Banana Bars

Remember that coconut jam we were wondering about last Friday? Well we didn't waste any time working it into a sweet treat... ...

Good Question: What Does "Short" Mean In a Recipe?

Here's a question from longtime reader JenPDX: Hi there - I am more of a cook...I am not a baker. I've come across a cookie recipe that I want to make tonight. The recipe note says that: "The dough i...

Recipe: Hamantaschen

Many food bloggers are looking toward Easter this week, anticipating Sunday's brunches, Easter egg hunts, and ham dinners. But there's also another important holiday happening, with a tasty food tie...

Weekend Cooking and Reading: Eggs and Hollandaise, Spicy Broccoli, Lemon Tart, and Anise Cookies

We got an early jump on our weekend cooking and made two kinds of icebox cookies last night. We also have a pile of new recipes and tips to try - this was a good week here at The Kitchn for learning n...

Kitchen Science: In Pursuit of the Perfect Cookie

Whether it's crisp and flat, big and chewy, full of nuts or simply with toasted oats, we all know exactly what makes our bellies rumble and our hands itch for a frosty glass of milk. Yup, it's the Per...

Bittersweet Honorable Mention: Best Valentine Treat

Rachel of Coconut & Lime sent us this recipe for Intensely Dark Chocolate Ice Box Cookies as an entry in our Bittersweet Baking Contest, and it was an editor favorite for two reasons. Number on...

Bittersweet Baking Runner Up: Shelly's Brownie Cookies

Drumroll please... The first runner up in our Bittersweet Baking contest is Shelly and her Brownie Cookies. Congratulations Shelly! Our panel of judges was impressed with Shelly's hard work in dev...

Bittersweet Baking Judge: Sarah Phillips of Baking 911

Baking 911 is a web resource we find ourselves turning to over and over again. It's a website with community boards, extensive tips, and comprehensive answers to any baking question you can think o...

Goes Well With Coffee: Five Sweet Things

As we thought about what we like best with coffee, we realized that we've blogged most of them. Here are five recipes from our archives that go really, really well with coffee. • Spicy Sticky...

Bittersweet Baking Finalist #3: Brownie Cookies

The third finalist in our Bittersweet Baking contest is Shelly with her Brownie Cookies. Shelly came out as a strong finalist because of the work she put into this recipe. Shelly had a specific ...

Survey: Very Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Among life's simple and sublime pleasures, hot chocolate chip cookies, fresh from the oven, rank high. But what makes the perfect chocolate chip cookie? For us, it's thin and chewy, with ripples of ...

Chocolate! Cake, Brownie, and Cookie Recipes

Are you Baking Bittersweet this week? To inspire you, here are some of our best baked chocolate recipes. We're partial to those prune and chocolate chunk cookies ourselves, with a big glass of milk....

Flickr Find: Rosettes with Bittersweet Ganache

Photo by Flickr member chocolate monster mel Buttery, crispy rosette cookies with a bittersweet ganache center - this photo made our mouths water. We're hoping to see lots more like it after this l...

Tip: Freezing Cookie Dough

Diets and healthy eating may be de rigueur this time of year, but that doesn't mean we all have to give up cookies. For us the temptation lies in large batches; if we bake two dozen then we're in trou...

Recipe: Peanut Butter Oatmeal Monster Cookies

Whole-grain, gluten-free cookies that are still utterly delicious - sound too good to be true? Believe it! Of course, these still have plenty of butter, sugar, and peanut butter. But for any of you ...

Recipe Review: Martha Stewart Oatmeal Raisin Squares

We said that we were making these Martha Stewart cookies from her show last week, and we did indeed. Two of us made them, and we had mixed reactions. For an up-close picture and to see what we lik...

Weekend Baking: Cakes, Muffins, and Cookies

Our first ever baking contest is underway, and you've got this whole weekend to work on Bittersweet Baking. We're really looking forward to seeing your entries. This weekend we've got baking on the ...